Antique Schoolgirl Crocheted Lace on Colorful Cloth Sampler Book antique brass stencil disk with the natural bristles still

with the natural bristles still full and firmly attached

with the same form and black bristles marked as such on its handle

no cracks or chips that I can see

The base is red painted wood

simultaneously great little artworks

Antique Schoolgirl Crocheted Lace on Colorful Cloth Sampler Book antique brass stencil disk with the natural bristles stillI've become really enamored of all sorts of schoolgirl samplers needlework alphabet samplers, sure, but more so the less common to find woven and folded paper samplers, and darning samplers, and crochet samplers like this one. And this little humbly sewn together book, composed of richly colored cut cotton cloth and filled with dozens of little crocheted bits, is about the most charming thing I can imagine, just teeming with the love and care of many